Regulations Governing On-the-job Training of Patent Attorney and Patent Agent Article 3

The types of activities and principles listed below are used to calculate the hours of participation in on-the-job training by patent attorney and patent agent:1. The actual number of hours shall be calculated for participation in activities that are related to Patent Attorney expertise and are hosted by the Specific Patent Agency, such as courses, seminars, information sessions, public hearings, symposiums, or consultation meetings, and so forth; or being in service as a speaker, a discussant or a moderator of said activities.2. Calculation shall be based on the actual number of hours participating in activities related to Patent Attorney expertise that are hosted by Taiwan Patent Attorneys Association (TPAA), Asian Patent Attorneys Association Taiwan Group (APAA Taiwan Group), domestic or foreign agencies (institutes), schools or organizations; or being in service as a speaker, a discussant or a moderator of said activities.3. Calculation shall be based on the actual number of hours serving as a lecturer for courses related to Patent Attorney expertise at a public or private university, or schools that are of the level of junior college or above that are set up with the approval of the Ministry of Education.4. Calculation shall be based on the “one thousand words per hour” formula for written works related to Patent Attorney expertise that are published in newspapers, journals, books or other storage media. When a work has more than two authors, the hours shall be equally divided.